Castleberry, AL
How exposed is Castleberry to wildfire?
Castleberry's 396 buildings earn a 82nd-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Castleberry's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 83rd percentile nationally.
Castleberry's building exposure, zone by zone
Direct exposure dominates in Castleberry: 94.2% of its 396 buildings, versus 5.8% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
How Castleberry compares
There's little gap between Castleberry's 82nd national percentile and its 80th percentile inside Alabama, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Castleberry ranks 5,817 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 19,289 by building count (1 is largest). Within Alabama alone, it ranks 118 of 592 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Alabama on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Castleberry
Castleberry's very high rating (82nd percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
Hardening a home in Castleberry
Because Direct exposure dominates in Castleberry (94.2%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Castleberry's figures come from
Castleberry's 82nd-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Castleberry's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.